Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-07
ARMED RESISTANCE.

sheriff Kincel and Deputy Brauch As.
SAILED by p bohemian Roy and Girl
With y Gun and n Knife and d Pack
OF Dogs.
Out on the prairie near Lesterville,
Saturday afternoon, a battle was fought
which had it's serious. ludisious and
slightly sanguinary features. The be-
ginning OF the story OF the oauses which
led up to the conflict is that one Jacob
Sonkup, a Bohemian farmer living near
baskerville, a year or SO ago., purchased
from Fairbanks, Morse & Co, Of Chicago,
q steam engine and boiler with which to
run o mill OF some sort, agreeing to pay
therefor $l,100. TO secure payment he
executed a mortgage upon sundry
horses, cattle. farm implements, etc. The
engine and boiler were unloaded from
the cars ct baskerville. Mr.. Soukup
looked them over, pronounced them nc
good and declined to receive them.
They remained ct Lesterville and as
soon as his note aud mortgage were due
proceedings were instituted and a iudg-
ment obtained and upon this execution
against the property issued. Saturday
afternoon Sheriff K,ncel and Deputy
Sheriff Brauch went ont to the Soukup
plantation to serve the papers. They
went upon the business together: be.
cause they expected resistance, having
received intimations to that effect.
Arriving at their destination the OFF,
GERS found that Mr.. Soukup was absent,
but that he was we'll represented In the
persons Of his son Michael, aged about
seventeen, his daughter, some fifteen
yearR old. and q squad OF dogs. The
old mans orders to his domestic force
were to resist any officers who might
visit the place with the purpose Of re-.
moving property. So it happened that
when Kincel and Bsauch reached the
scene they were confronted by q formi.
dable line OF battle, consisting Of the
boy armed with o douhls barreied shot
gun, the girl armed with q butcher
knife and the several dogs thirstine
for human gore. a parley ensusd
which WAS OF no avail and the ofiolal
force charged the enemy. The girl
brandished her knife and cut right and
left and before she was secured and dis.
armed inflicted q gash on the SHERIFF.
arm. The boy was felled to the ground
before no could use his gun and q shot
from a revolver scattered the dogs, but
not until after they had got in some
work with their teeth. Deputy Brauot
Was their victim, but tho extent Of hi
injuries is concealed from the pubic ani
the only explanation he makes is tina,
they attacked him from behind and be
has not yet Q the wound. The OPP
position Of the Soukup family having
been overcome the officers took the
property they were aftor, arrested
Michael Soukup and came to the cit,
and lodged their prisoner in jail.
A warrant has been issued for Jacol
Soukup and he will be arrested, though
just now he is busy threatening to xii
the sheriff ON sight. A season or two il
the Sioux Falls penitentiary seems to b,
looming up before the father and th.
son. who do not yet comprehend sh,
magnitude Of their ~offenss. The testi
mony Of the officers is that the boy AMI
the girl made q desperate and courage
GUS resistance, seeming determined Il
fulfill literally the orders OF the father
Further proceedings in the case vii
occur in a day or two.